downgoingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

downgoing (not comparable)

1. (sciences, especially of a wave) Tending downward
   • 1997, Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty^[1], ISBN 0309058260, page 27:

     First, explosions in the water are efficient generators of seismic waves, because hydroacoustic energy efficiently generates downgoing seismic waves below the water.

反意語

• upgoing

名詞

downgoing (複数形 downgoings)

1. (まれに, poetic) A descent
   • 1854 John Stanyan Bigg, Night and the Soul: A Dramatic Poem^[2], page 121:

     Art thou not weary, Time, of thy long tramp, / Thy long downgoings from the thrones of bliss ?

関連する語

• downgone
• upgoing

アナグラム

• going down